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If you meet the Buddha, kill him.

- Linji Yixuan

Evening

The chimneys,rank on rank,
Cut the clear sky;
The moon
With a rag of gauze about her loins
Poses among them,an awkward Venus-

And here I am looking wantonly at her
Over the kitchen sink.

Richard Aldington
(1892-1962)

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

- Ike (1890 – 1969)

It is often pleasant to stone a martyr,no matter how much we admire him.

John Barth

One day as Manjusri stood outside the gate,
the Buddha called to him, "Manjusri, Manjusri, why do you not enter?"
Manjusri replied, "I do not see myself as outside. Why enter?"

- Nyogen Senzaki (collector, not original author), 1876–1958

What do you think,monks:Which is greater,the tears you have shed while transmigrating and wandering this long,long time--crying and weeping from being joined with what is displeasing,being separated from what is pleasing--or the water in the four great oceans?This is the greater:the tears you have shed........
Long have you(repeatedly)experienced the death of a mother...the death of a father...the death of a brother...the death of a sister...the death of a son...the death of a daughter...loss with regard to relatives...loss with regard to wealth...loss with regard to disease.The tears you have shed over loss with regard to disease while transmigrating and wandering this long,long time--crying and weeping from being joined with what is displeasing,being separated from what is pleasing--are greater than the water in the four oceans.
Why is that?From an inconceivable beginning comes transmigration.A beginning point is not evident,though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating and wandering on.Long have you thus experienced stress,experienced pain,experienced loss,swelling the cemeteries--enough to become disenchanted with all fabricated things,enough to become dispassionate,enough to be released.

Samyutta Nikaya. 15:3

Night

I have minded me
Of the noon-day brightness,
And the crickets' drowsy
Singing in the sunshine...

I have minded me
Of the slim marsh-grasses
That the winds at twilight,
Dying,scarcely ripple...

And I cannot sleep.

I have minded me
Of a lily-pond,
Where the waters sway
All the moonlit leaves
And the curled long stems...

And I cannot sleep.


Adelaide Crapsey
(1878-1914)

“Why do people say "grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.”
― Betty White

“Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: 'You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do. What you are being taught here is an amalgam of current prejudice and the choices of this particular culture. The slightest look at history will show how impermanent these must be. You are being taught by people who have been able to accommodate themselves to a regime of thought laid down by their predecessors. It is a self-perpetuating system. Those of you who are more robust and individual than others will be encouraged to leave and find ways of educating yourself — educating your own judgements. Those that stay must remember, always, and all the time, that they are being moulded and patterned to fit into the narrow and particular needs of this particular society.”
― Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves,only complicated stupid moves which makes us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them which we are missing.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

- Napoleon Bonaparte

“The ultimate sexist put-down: the prick which lies down on the job. The ultimate weapon in the war between the sexes: the limp prick. The banner of the enemy's encampment: the prick at half-mast. The symbol of the apocalypse: the atomic warhead prick which self-destructs. That was the basic inequity which could never be righted: not that the male had a wonderful added attraction called a penis, but that the female had a wonderful all-weather c**t. Neither storm nor sleet nor dark of night could faze it. It was always there, always ready. Quite terrifying, when you think about it. No wonder men hated women. No wonder they invented the myth of female inadequacy.”
― Erica Jong, Fear of Flying

Nature has given women so much power that the law can not afford to give her more.

Samuel Johnson

"The Biblical word 'Harlot' is a noun used to describe a woman who has the sexual morals of a man." -- Author Unknown

To fall in love with yourself is the first secret of happiness.I did so at the age of four and a half.Then if you're not a good mixer you can always fall back on your own company.

Robert Morley

"Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them." -- Jodi Picoult, in "My Sister's Keeper"

"
Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way." -- Janet Fitch, in "White Oleander"